sagacious

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adjective

1. Possessing or showing sound judgment and keen perception: knowing, sage, sapient, wise¹. See wise/foolish.
2. Possessing, proceeding from, or exhibiting good judgment and prudence: balanced, commonsensible, commonsensical, judicious, levelheaded, prudent, rational, reasonable, sage, sane, sapient, sensible, sound², well-founded, well-grounded, wise¹. See reason/unreason, sane/insane.

adj

Definition: smart, judicious
Antonyms: careless, foolish, ignorant, stupid

IN BRIEF: Smart, wise, shrewd.

Every man, however wise, needs the advice of some sagacious friend in the affairs of life. — Titus Maccius Plautus (c. 284-c.184 BC), ancient Roman playwright.

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See words rhyming with "sagacious."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skarpsindig, klog

Nederlands (Dutch)
slim, wijs, spitsvondig

Français (French)
adj. - sagace, sage, sensé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - klug

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - οξυδερκής, συνετός, (για ζώο) νοήμων

Italiano (Italian)
sagace

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - sagaz, ajuizado, inteligente

Русский (Russian)
проницательный, дальновидный, благоразумный, понятливый, умный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - sagaz, perspicaz

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skarpsinnig, klok

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
睿智的, 贤明的, 聪明的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 睿智的, 賢明的, 聰明的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 총명한, 기민한, (동물이) 사람처럼 영리한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 賢明な, 利口な, 機敏な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حصيف, عاقل, ذكي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮נבון, חכם, חריף‬

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